Dancing doll



1. c. KEEL.

DANCING DOLL. APPLlCATlbN FILED OCT. 27, 1920.

1,380, 1 O7. Patented May 31, 1921.

JZH/V C. #552 QFWL )u g STA F FATE? JOHN C. KEEL, OF ROCHESTER, NEWYORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EANGELIA A.

KEEL, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

DANCING DOLL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, 1921.

Application filed October 27, 1920. Serial No. 420,041.

zen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroeand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Dancing Dolls, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved form ofdancing doll.

This and other objects of this invention will be fully illustrated inthe drawings, described in the specification and pointed out in theclaim at the end thereof.

In the drawing,

The figure is a perspective view of the doll and the support on which itis mounted.

In the drawings, like reference numeral indicate like parts.

In the drawings, reference numeral 1 indicates the base having a springboard 2 mounted thereon and connected thereto at one end thereof. Onthis spring board is pivotally mounted a handle 3 which is mounted torock in a cross bar 4. A spring 51's provided between the forward end ofthe handle and the spring 2 by which the movement of the handle 3 willbe yieldingly connected to the spring board 2. Mounted on the springboard 2 is an arm 6 made preferahly of spring wire, the forward end ofwhich is upturned as indicated at 7 and the doll 8 is fastened theretoby means of a grooved plate, the groove of which is adapted to receivethe upturned end of the wire so that the doll may be adjusted up anddown thereon or turned to face in different directions. I

The doll is made with jointed arms and legs so that each member willswing freely in all directions and the doll is set on the spring 6 sothat his feet will just rest on or clear the spring board.

By jiggling the arm 3 up and down, a spring movement will becommunicatedto the spring board 2, which in turn will be communicated through thearm 6 to the body of the doll, and this will cause the feet of the dollto strike the vibrating board and cause the feet and legs to move indancing movements of various kinds, which may be varied withinconsiderable limits according to the wishes and skill of the operator.

I claim:

A dancing doll having a base, a spring board mounted thereon, a springWire mounted on the spring board and supporting the doll in an uprightposition, a spring arm for vibrating the spring board causing theboardand doll to move relative to each other and causing the feet of thedoll to strike the spring board at regular or irregular intervals andproducing a dancing movement of the doll.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' JOHN (J. KEEL.

